Swift Filters, Inc.

Swift Filters, Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned small business manufacturer based in Bedford, Ohio, supplies fluid filter elements and filtration components to the Defense Logistics Agency as a prime contractor, competing in full-and-open and Total Small Business set-aside vehicles.

Swift Filters manufactures replacement fluid filter elements, parts kits, and high-pressure housings for military vehicles, aircraft, vessels, and Department of Defense equipment. The company's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward DLA: the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime accounts for 256 awards carrying $4.1 million combined potential value, and the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 60 awards carrying $1.3 million, together representing 90% of recent awards by count. The remaining customer base includes the Defense Logistics Agency headquarters (34 awards, $235 thousand), the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (3 awards, $104 thousand), the Department of the Treasury Bureau of Engraving and Printing (5 awards, $12 thousand), and the Naval Supply Systems Command (3 awards, $39 thousand).

Swift Filters holds eight active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA divisions, all single-award vehicles with ceiling values between $250 thousand and $350 thousand. The most recent IDC, awarded March 30, 2026, by DLA Aviation carries a $349,999.99 ceiling and runs through March 29, 2031. A December 12, 2025 IDC from DLA Land and Maritime ($350 thousand, Total Small Business set-aside) and an October 27, 2025 IDC from DLA Land and Maritime ($250 thousand, Total Small Business set-aside) are actively generating task orders. Older vehicles, such as the March 1, 2022 DLA Land and Maritime IDC ($250 thousand, Total Small Business set-aside), reached their completion dates. Individual delivery orders and purchase orders under these vehicles typically range from $1,000 to $7,835, with the company issuing 12 to 15 orders annually per vehicle. Task orders drawn from these IDCs cover fluid filter elements identified by National Stock Numbers, with delivery locations spanning Swift Filters' Bedford manufacturing facility and Defense Logistics Agency depots throughout the continental United States and overseas.

Activity has remained fairly flat year over year—18 awards in 2022, 20 in 2023, 16 in 2024, 15 in 2025, and 6 in the first quarter of 2026 alone—indicating continued steady utilization rather than growth. The recompete cliff is minimal: only one award valued at $12 thousand carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $6 million, with $2.7 million obligated. The vendor's NAICS footprint centers on All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (153 awards) and Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (73 awards), while its PSC concentration lies in Centrifugals, Separators, and Pressure and Vacuum Filters (194 awards) and Engine Air and Oil Filters, Strainers, and Cleaners, Nonaircraft (71 awards).

Swift Filters competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides on its prime IDCs, though individual task orders issue on full-and-open basis. The company holds one documented sub-award from Electric Boat Corporation dating to August 2022. The vendor has maintained a continuous relationship with the Defense Logistics Agency since 2002, with award activity and IDC renewals demonstrating sustained customer reliance on Swift Filters' supply of military-specification filtration products.